Hulu is increasing monies spent acquiring and/or developing original content by 67% or $500 million this year, CEO Jason Kilar said at an advertising conference. Speaking April 17 at Ad Age Digital confab in New York, Kilar said Hulu’s subscripti...
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April 16, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
DirecTV Gets Streaming Rights to the ‘Starz’
Starz Entertainment and DirecTV April 16 said they have entered into a multi-platform distribution deal that allows the satellite TV operator for the first time to stream Starz movies and original series through its nascent DirecTV Everywhere platform....
April 11, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Netflix Streaming Expands to Windows Phone in Latin America, U.K. and Ireland
Netflix April 11 said its app for the Windows Phone operating system is now available to subscribers in Latin America, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The app, which has been available in the United States and Canada since late 2010, allows
April 10, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Universal Content Now Available on iCloud
Content from Universal Studios is now available on Apple’s iCloud digital locker service, leaving 20th Century Fox as the last major studio with content restricted. An agreement between Fox and HBO gives HBO an exclusive window for content, restr...
Posted in: Noted (News Feed) | Tags: Apple, Digital Evolution, Industry News, news, Streaming, Universal
March 21, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
FlixFling to Bow Wireless Movie Streaming Platform for the TV
Movie streaming platform FlixFling.com March 20 said it is partnering with Orb Networks to launch a subscription video-on-demand service for set-top boxes. Set to bow in April as FlixFling TV, the platform enables subscribers to stream FlixFling movies...
March 21, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Zediva to Customers: No Refunds
Defunct DVD streaming service Zediva has notified its former customers that they won’t be receiving reimbursement for their unused credits. Zediva, which streamed movies over the Internet to consumers by using off-site DVD players, was shut down ...
January 18, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Studios Tout Streaming With UltraViolet
If you can’t beat the concept of (rental) streaming, use it as a marketing tool for sellthrough. Releases that include UltraViolet sport the words, “All-New UltravViolet. Your movies in the cloud. Now Instantly Stream.” That’s t...
Posted in: Noted (News Feed) | Tags: Agent DVD, Digital Evolution, Industry News, news, Product News, Streaming
January 17, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
CEA: 53% of Online Americans Watching Video
Fifty-three percent of online Americans watch some form of streaming or downloaded video in the home, according to a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association, or CEA. Americans prefer streaming (51% of respondents) over downloaded content...
January 17, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
comScore: Viewers Watched Three Hours of Video on Hulu in December
Online TV program aggregator Hulu showed its teeth as a preferred destination for repurposed network programming, with viewers watching more than three hours of content on the site in December, according to new video data from comScore. Hulu, which is ...
January 10, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Analyst: Netflix vs. Amazon Streaming War Looming
When LoveFilm Instant Jan. 9 cut the monthly subscription price the day Netflix formally launched streaming operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it signaled the beginning of what one analyst says will evolve into a protracted turf/price war be...
Posted in: Noted (News Feed) | Tags: Amazon, Digital Evolution, Industry News, Netflix, news, Streaming 
